Update #4: Good-Bye "Samitra Banks"

Thanks to one of our new artists for vewing the Kickstater and noticing that 'Samitra Banks" was listed.

Samitra Banks came to us in January with a portfolio and was hired. Like in the article I am about to link, "she" claimed to need a bank-to-bank transfer for payment and didn't use PayPal. That hit a flag with me, but I've dealt with that before with freelancers who simply do not like PayPal and won't use it.

Fortunately, Ms. Lunsford had flags go up, and didn't pay. She did go to the bank, however, and discover that the MetaBank routing number did not match anything in the Wells Fargo database.

Samitra then wants us to use NetSpend to transfer money, which, when investigated, showed to be MetaBank.

So, when the first artist took the video money and didn't produce, Samitra said she could get it done in 5 days with money upfront. Screw me once, shame on you. Screw me twice, shame on me.

No, money wasn't sent. We played the "NetSpend Card" didn't come yet deal. But we did say we needed to see progress, even low-rez files. After 11 days of nothing, we're written that "her" 5-year old spilled ink all over the boards (apparently, "she" assumes we'd believe all the samples were draw and colored by hand . . . like I don't know digital coloring) and would have to bow out. But, if given a chance, would continue for the book art with no advance payment, now.